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    Billy Elliot’ In the film ‘Billy Elliot’‚ 11 year old boy Billy is bought up into an economically repressed mining town without the care of his beloved mother. Billy lives in a small cramped English house with his bad-tempered brother‚ out of control father and his delirious grand-mother. All Billy wants to do is dance but Billy is told by his father that “boys wrestle; boys don’t dance”. But Billy loves to dance. This disappoints Billy and creates an obstacle for Billy’s dream of dancing. But

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    Analyzing Gender roles in Billy Elliot Billy Elliot‚ directed by Stephen Daldry‚ is a film taken place in England during the mining workers riot. Set against the background of the 1984 Miner ’s Strike‚ Billy Elliot is an eleven year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family ’s set ways‚ inner conflict‚ and standing on his toes!. Between Billy and his family the relationship is

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    belonging is a part of our life. “Immigrant Chronicle” of Peter Skzynecki‚ Billy Elliot of Stephen Daldry and the Lottery by Shirley Jackson are 3 properly evidence shows an idea of belong within an individual feeling to connect to community or place or culture. The acceptance and understanding of big father can make a strong relationship within no bad mood reason such as Billy Elliot. The full shot of Billy’s Father try to push Billy back to the Health Check Room in the Royal Ballet School while he had

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    English Essay - How does Billy Elliot represent relationships and identity? Manliness consists not in bluff‚ bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether in matters social‚ political or other. It consists in deeds‚ not words.” Mahatma Gandhi‚ 1869 – 1948 In the film “Billy Elliot‚” Lee Hall and Stephen Daldry use Billy’s relationships with friends and family to demonstrate themes of identity and masculinity. There are three main relationships

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    Billy Elliot Topic: “Societies often create gender stereotypes that set impossible standards for men and women‚ leading to unhappiness‚ loneliness and possibly violence.” How apparent is this problem in English society of 1984‚ as seen in the film‚ Billy Elliot? Stereotypes are generalizations‚ or assumptions‚ which people make about the characteristics of all members of a group‚ based on an image about what people in that group are like. For example‚ in the Billy Elliot‚ Jackie Elliot had to

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    and understanding to oneself and other people. These aspects of belonging are demonstrated through the free verse novel‚ ‘The Simple Gift’ by Steven Herrick‚ and the fairy tale of ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Anderson. In the very early stages of ’The simple gift’‚ Herrick displays sixteen year old‚ Billy Luckett’s‚ sense of alienation by using his first person character to highlight social issues such as hostility within his family‚ leading it to break down‚ and his feeling of loneliness

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    In Scott Westerfeld’s novel Uglies‚ a world ruled by beauty finds their world shaken when a group of young uglies challenge the status quo. All Tally Youngblood has ever wanted is to be pretty; unfortunately for her‚ when her friend Shay runs away‚ Tally is the only one who can find Shay. If Tally does not locate and betray her friend‚ she must face the ultimate consequence: to never be pretty. Westerfeld incorporates personal appearance into Uglies in an attempt to force the reader into acknowledging

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    Karan Sitaram 7th period 8-30-13 Uglies In the novel Uglies‚ Tally Youngblood (ugly) feels she is ugly because society put that label on her. This book helped me in many ways one of them was not judging people just because they don’t compare to my standards. Before I had read this book whenever I saw what I thought was an unbalanced couple where the guy or girl was too pretty for the other. I would tell my brother that they don’t belong together because she’s too pretty for him‚ how did he

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    PressReleasePing Los Angeles based start-up launches new Hair Color Brand for Salons Los Angeles based start-up Ugly Duckling announced today that it has just launched a new hair color line enriched with Argan oil. The new line is aimed at hair stylists and will be available directly to them on line. Los Angeles‚ CA‚ September 19‚ 2015 /PressReleasePing/ – Los Angeles based start-up Ugly Duckling announced today that it has just launched a new hair color line enriched with Argan oil. The new line is aimed

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    The Ugly Ducking

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    THE UGLY DUCKLING Casts: Alif Auzy Yoana Khalisha Desti Kumalasari Fina Salsabila Gita Permata Aryati Nur Atmi Pertiwi Rani Nuraini The Ugly Duckling Cast : * Alif as Father Duck / Hunter * Auzy Yoana Khalisha as Child 3 / “Beautiful” Ugly Duckling * Desti Kumalasari as Mother Duck / Old Lady * Fina Salsabila as Animal 2 / Child 2 / Swan 1 * Gita Permata Aryati as Narrator * Nur Atmi Pertiwi as Animal 1 / Child 1 / Swan 2 * Rani Nuraini

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